Word: counts
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Venice was veiled with flags in his honor; people cheered when they spied him on foot or in a boat. Mayor Walker quickly called the gondoliers "wet taxi drivers," the canals, "nature's pavement." On being shown the Doges' Palace, he lighted a cigaret, murmured to Count Pietro Orsi, Podesta of Venice, "Very historical." When he saw the sunset-colored pajamas worn by other guests in his hotel, he reflected, in jocular fashion: "If I dress like everyone else here nobody will know whether I am just getting up or just going to bed. Perhaps I will...
Significance. President Cosgrave has seized the only opportunity of securing a new lease of life for his Cabinet. A fortnight ago (TIME, Aug. 29) he had a majority of one vote in the Dail. Winning both by-elections last week not only gave him a majority of two, not count- ing the speaker's casting vote, but also showed which way the wind was blowing. At best the Government could not command a working majority...
Andrew W. Mellon, Secretary of the Treasury, continued his pleasure cruise on the yacht Venezia. At Venice, Count Giuseppe Volpi, Italian Minister of Finance, suave, Vandyke-bearded, came on board. They-the richest men in politics in two nations-chatted quietly, shunned weighty subjects. Count Volpi made his fortune in trading companies, was once Governor of Tripoli, has (as Minister of Finance) raised the value of the lira and drawn up the Italian Debt Settlements...
...Hearst obtained some 200 delegates at the Democratic National Convention in 1904, but was not nominated for President. The next year he was defeated by Tammany for mayor of New York by a bare 3,000 votes. It was said that the count was crooked. In 1906 Mr. Hearst ran against Charles E. Hughes for Governor of New York and lost. In 1909 he was again defeated for mayor...
...bacteria-say 'germs' if you prefer-finding suitable food, multiply and form groups, or colonies. Each colony represents the growth from one bacterium. These colonies were counted and by calculation the total number of germs clinging to the part of the powder puff used was obtained. This number multiplied by four of course gave the total count for the entire puff. It was 20,000. Twenty thousand bacteria clinging to a powder puff to be used on a clean face...